Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was an overwhelming case for the State providing a basic pension but less of one for the State providing an additional pension as well . |
| 2 | The ‘ helping hand ’ offered by the franchisor is often perceived as a key reason for the franchisee entering a franchise agreement . |
| 3 | Perhaps the most important task of all , for the head leading a school into the still uncertain territory of Mr Baker 's Brave New World , is to make sure that the school fills that vacuum at the centre of the legislation . |
| 4 | Fit this through the hole drilled for the purpose using a strain relief bush — this will prevent it dislodging from ON/Off switch S3 in service . |
| 5 | Perhaps this was the main anxiety , and the main reason for the RHA taking a role in local decision-making . |
| 6 | Brent magistrates have ruled that the case against Guinness Brewing Worldwide , its technical manager and a consultant working for the company following a fatal accident at Park Royal Brewery last year should be heard at the Crown Court . |
| 7 | The vacancy had been occasioned by the untimely departure of James Haldane , the professor of church history at St. Andrews , who had been burned to death in his room after retiring for the night leaving a candle burning . |
| 8 | Impressed with Stan 's success rate Dr Panchen offered to employ him as a collector of specimens for the University using a grant from the National Environmental Research Council . |
| 9 | In the early 1770s much hope was placed on supplying drinking water for the navy using a plan suggested by the naval surgeon Charles Irving of making fresh water from sea water by distillation . |
| 10 | Even so , the difficulty for the individual creating a root definition is less than the difficulty in getting all the individuals involved to agree on the definition to be used . |
| 11 | We opened a new training centre at John Wood House during the year offering a wide range of courses for employees from all Group companies . |
| 12 | The intensity of the colour of either reactant or product can be followed during the reaction using a photoelectric colorimeter . |
| 13 | As the silence surrounding a caravan site . |
| 14 | But there is another significant difference between the individual driving a car or a lorry and all these other forms of transport , and that is the chain of responsibility . |
| 15 | Either the contract is between the person acquiring a copy of the system ( the " acquirer " ) and the dealer or it is between the acquirer and the software company in which case the dealer acts as the company 's agent . |
| 16 | In the old What Personal Computer office , prior to the move , things were a little , er … informal , and I was worried about the cable taking a pounding . |
| 17 | I think , if you are worried about the cat getting a dose of volts , that the former option is the better one . |
| 18 | She had strong feelings about the aristocracy playing a part in the care of those less fortunate than themselves and Timothy was charming to everyone . |
| 19 | Pte Clegg also denied lying to police during interviews about the car posing a threat to Pte Aindow . |
| 20 | After about an hour Birkett began to be very busy about the room collecting a saucepan and a baking dish made of hammered-out tins and chipping little bits of wood for a fire . |
| 21 | Every fan has a personal memory , a wild weekend at Wembley , a night at the dancing , a rammy at the taxi-rank , and sooner or later a Scottish footballer staggers through the story adding a new level of absurdity to the proceedings . |
| 22 | Almost before the aeroplane had stopped moving the pilot was out through the door waving a hand for pike to hurry . |
| 23 | That is , rather than automatically re-entering the tree after a word ending , the path could continue through the tree establishing a close correspondence between certain words , independently of syntactic and semantic processing . |
| 24 | The character itself is made from either metal , the best quality , or plastic and is hammered through the ribbon leaving a complete impression on the paper . |
| 25 | One of the most cited examples of such research is an unpublished study by Johnson and Scott ( 1976 ) where subjects waiting for an experiment overhear a violent argument next door followed by a person coming through the room carrying a bloodied letter opener . |
| 26 | Although subjects in the study could almost all subsequently remember seeing the weapon they were worse at identifying the person holding it than in a comparable condition where the subjects had heard an ordinary conversation followed by a person passing through the room carrying a pen . |
| 27 | More demonstrations and clashes , although less violent , followed on Thursday night , while in Magdeburg , police broke up a silent march of some 500 people through the city following a prayer meeting in the cathedral . |
| 28 | Mrs Hobden went into the kitchen , and a few minutes later she came through the doorway carrying a tray . |
| 29 | Oesophageal manometry was performed through the nose using a NARCO ‘ Bio-systems ’ ( Houston , Texas ) Motility Transducer catheter and Physiograph Recording System . |
| 30 | He made for it , taking a short cut through the carpark adjoining a few prefabricated sheds that called themselves the Hawkwood Industrial Estate . |